People & Companies

Kitagawa North-Tech Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., a standard chucks, advanced chucks, custom-engineered workholding and steady rests manufacturer, announced that Mike Roberts of ITEX Workholding joined the company as regional sales manager for the Southwest region of the U.S.

Sandvik Coromant Co., Fair Lawn, N.J., and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta, extended their contract until 2022.

Tooling Tech Group, Macomb, Mich., acquired Century Tool Group, which is composed of Century Tool & Gage Co. in Fenton, Mich., and CTG Bel-Kur Automation in Temperance, Mich.

Machine tool distributor Kaast Machine Tools Inc., Ardmore, Pa., appointed Ebony Goldsmith office manager.

Sidney Pimenta Paiva, 60, took over management of the U.S. subsidiary Mapal Inc. effective April 1.

The precision tooling company founded by Heinz Kaiser in Rümlang, Switzerland, celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.

Mahr Inc., Providence, R.I., and NanoFocus AG, a German manufacturer of 3D surface metrology, have signed a cooperation agreement.

Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Research and Development continues to grow its company membership with the addition of California-based CGTech and the Oregon-based manufacturer Summit.

The Swedish investor Indutrade AB, which is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, is the new owner of the tool manufacturer Inovatools Eckerle & Ertel GmbH from Kinding-Haunstetten, Germany, which is also represented in English-speaking regions such as the U.S. by Inovatools USA LLC and the sales partner… Read More...

Rego-Fix Tool Corp., Whitestown, Ind., announced that Pascal Forrer joined the company’s Tenniken, Switzerland-based management team as its global sales and marketing director.

SIC Marking’s headquarters in France have recently started a building expansion to create more production and office space to efficiently handle market demand.

ANCA Inc., which makes CNC tool and cutter grinders and manufacturing software, invites the industry to attend the opening of its plant expansion May 23 and 24 in Wixom, Mich.